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March 25, 1930. H, KIELBERG 1,751,927

CONTAINER Filed Ju ne 19. 1928 INVENTEIR HTTEIRNEY Patented Mar. 25,1930 v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HENRY KIELIBERG, OF MARTIN S FERRY,OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO WH EELING STEEL CORPO- RATION, OF WHEELIN G, WESTVIRGINIA, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE CONTAINER Application filed June 19,

This invention relates broadly to headattaching devices for cans andpails, and it has forits primary object to provide, in association witha removable head or cover for cans and pails, a ring whereby said heador cover is secured in firmly seated closing relation to the can orpail.

A further object is to provide an attaching ring of the charactermentioned which may be readily removed when access to the contents ofthe can or pail is desired.

In describing the invention in detail, reference is herein had to theaccompanying drawings, in which-. igure 1 is a perspective viewfof thein vention;

Figure 2 is a view ofa can or pail, partly in side elevation and partlyinsection, showing the invention applied thereto; Figure 3 is anenlarged detail view, showing in side elevation the two ends of the ringin detached relation; v

Figure 4 is a similar view showing said ends attached, as in Figs. 1 and2;

Figure 5 is a View similar to Fig. 3, illustrating a modification; andtFigure 6 is a view similar to Fig. 4, showing said modification.Referring to said drawings, 1 designates the body of a can or pail ofthe type commonly employed as containers for paints and other heavymaterials, the same having at its upper 5 end an outwardly turnedterminal bead or roll 2.

Mounted upon said can or pail is a head or cover consisting of a flatbody 3 which fits withinthe top of the body 1 and a circumferentialmarginal portion or rim 4, the latter being curved upwardly andoutwardly to seat conformably upon the top of the roll 2, as showninFig. 2.

Disposed in'closely embracing relation to the outer circumferentialsurface of the roll 2 and to the outer edge portion of the rim 4, seatedas aforesaid, is a sealing ring 5, arcuate in cross section, which isformed of a single length or strip of sheet metal having its endsrigidly attached one to the other. The arcuately curved body ofsaid-ring has depending from the lower edge thereof a plu- 1928. SerialNo. 286,623.

rality of integral lugs or tongues 6 which are adapted, followingseating of the ring in place, to'be turned inwardly into underlyingseated'relation to said roll, whereby the cover is clamped in its seatedposition.

Said sealing ring has in one end thereof an H-slot formed by theprovision of a pair of transversely extending relatively spaced parallelslots 7 which are joined midway be-' tween their ends by a cross slot7", thereby forming oppositely facing tongues 9. Prior to attaching thetwo ends of the ring, said tongues 9 occupy outwardly bent positionswherein they are substantially parallel.

The opposite end of the ring has its top and bottom edges recessed atopposite points, as shown at 10, thereby forming a reduced neck portion,indicated by the reference character 11, having a vertical widthsomewhat less than the vertical width of the substantially rectangularopening which is presented when the tongues 9 are outwardly turned, ashereinbefore described. The portions of the top and bottom edges of thering located between the recesses 10 and the terminal edge of theadjacent end constitute tongues 12 which, prior to joining the two endsof the ring, occupy inwardly directed substantially parallel relation.Thus, when said end of the ring is placed in overlapping relation to theopposite end, its said tongues 12 are readily entered through theopening of the overlapped end, following which the tongues 9 are bentdown into seated relation to the overlapping end. The tongues 12 arethen expanded into seated underlying relation to the interior walls ofsaid overlapped end, as shown in Fig. 4.

. The ring, shaped as in Fig. 1, is preferably sprung or pressed intoclosely embracing relation to the rim 4 of the cover 3 before shipmentfrom the factory. In such relation the ring is self retaining withrespect to the cover and requires only that the packer, in closing thecan or pail, seat the cover and ring in the manner of a single elementto such can or pail and then to tuck the lugs 6 into closely underlyingrelation to the roll 2 for securing said cover in place.

The advantage of the structure hereinbefore described, involving theseparately ormed cover and ring, over prior structures 1n which theseating or clamping lugs are formed integral with the cover, is that thering may readily be broken across at the neck 11, following which it maybe stripped off by pulling upon one or the other of the ends;whereas,'with the prior structures" referred to, it is necessary thatall of the clamping lugs be separately bent away from their seatedrelation to the'roll of the body. J

, It will be noted that, following removal of the ring, as aforesaid,the'cover is in no wise injured and may be reused from time to time,

. as may be required.

In the modifications lllustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, the overlapping endof the ring is extended in the form of a tongue 13 having any suitablelength, and said tong e is adapted to have its end directedthroug atransverse slot 14 provided therefor in, the overlapped end of the ringat an appropriate distance from the H-slot; F

Q What is claim is -1. A sealing ring for containerscomposed of a striphaving an opening adjacent one end and having oppositely disposedtongues at the ends of the opening, the other end of r the strip beingof reduced width and received in said opening and having oppositelydisposedtongues 1n a plane parallel to and in register with the plane ofthe first named tongues and bent outwardly to engage the inner face ofthe first named end of the strip,

5 the first named tongues being engaged over the outer face of thereduced end of the strip.

2. A- sealing ring for containers composed of a strip having an openingadjacent one end and having oppositely disposed tongues at' 0 the endsof the opening; the other end of the strip being of reduced width andreceived in said openingand having oppositely disposed tongues bent toengage the inner face of the first named end of 'the strip, the firstnamed tongues being engaged over the outer face of the reduced end ofthe strip. 1

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature. I HENRY KIELBERG. I0 I

